Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-27
"a FAIR COLLISION"
A SEASONABLE NOTE OF WARN.
ING FROM san FRANCISCO.
that the State Fair and Institute
Fair Should Not Conflict.
rs. f. Alta, May eth.

1 ohOulu MOI SCntkICt.
s. +. Alta, May 18th.
The country press is discussing with
mach spirit the concurrence in time OF the
State Fair and the Mechanics Fair at the
Pavilion in this city. The matter is more
serious than heretofore, in consequence OF
the determination of the Institute to seek
the cooperation of business men in max
ing full exhibit of the products and re-
sources of the State. This excellent plan
if carried out, puts the Institute into the
same field as the State Fair, with the ex-
ception of a show of live stock, and il
should be very seriously considered
whether concurrence and rivalry will not
| so unfavorably affect both as to make il
necessary TO avoid collision The State
Fair is on for two weeks. The Institute
Exposition can easily and profitably run
| for four or five weeks. San Francisco
wishes to do nothing to rouse the i'll feeling
of the rural districts. This city desires to
| help, not to hurt, every interest in Califor-
MIA, for they are all tributary to her pros
perity. The officers of the State Agricult-
ural Society tell of implied understandings
which will be violated by placing the In
stitute Fair on dates already taken by the
other exhibition, and if there be anv
ground for charge of bad faith, we do not
hesitate to say that the inadvertance upon
which it may be based should be remedied
| The business men who have consented
to cooperate with the Mechanics Institute
| have personal stake in the matter of suf-
| ficient gravity to justify their counsel to the
body with which they are cooperating.
| They have undertaken the labor and the
| task of providing the means which shall
| bring to view in the Pavilion every pro-
duct, mineral and vegetable, that the
State furnishes to commerce. They need
the cheerful and willing assistance of the
farmers, and cannot afford to contend with
| jealousies and heart-burnings and resent
| mentS in their quest for ma erial.
| The people want both shows to be sue
cessful but the country will prefer that the
State Fair shall succeed if they are driven
| to a choice between the two.
This is the year of all others in which
| the State will gain wonderfully by the sue
cess of both. The summer and autumn
visitors from abroad will be more numer-
Gus than ever before. They come here
with curiosity whetted to see what we have
to offer in proof of our widely trumpeted
resources. Many of them would attend
both shows, and their interest, rouse ed at
Sacramento, will not flag when they come
to this city and witness rearranged dupli-
cate OF what they have seen there, with the
additional attractions found in the features
| peculiar to the Mechanics Fair, focused
in different light by the music and color
| of city.
No country in the world can put its pro-
| ducts on exhibition in such attractive va
riety. and none is more injured by useless
| rivalry. The country press is potent to
help this city, and has often shown to us a
most loyal spirit, but it cannot well aban-
don what seems to it position necessary
| for the protection of those rural interests
from which its support is drawn, nor
should We compel it into position in
! which it has to offer battle in their defense
over such an issue as this.
| We suggest that the officers of the Me-
| chanics Institute and the Agricultural
Society meet amicably upon the PROPOSE
ton OF cooperation, to the end that the
two shows may be successive and not con-
current. We believe that such action will
| greatly aid the Institute in its determine.
ton TO take new departure, and will in.
crease by thousands the number of visitors
to this city when the Pavilion offers Its
tastefully arranged exposition to attract
! them.
| WHAT THE AGREEMENT WAS.
From the report of the State Agricultural So
clety for 1856.
For many years past the Board of Direct
ors of this society have endeayored to ar.
rive at an amicable adjustment of dates OF
| holding the Mechanics Institute Exhibi
ton and the State Fair, whereby they
would not conflict with each other. Both
institutions are recognized by exhibitors a.
important factors in the development Of
the industries of the State We desire tc
do all possible to accommodate this class OF
our citizens. With this end in view We
were instrumental in bringing about 8
plan CT conference, which we believe will
accomplish the desired result. Early IN
the year we were asked by the Boards OF
Trade of San Francisco and Sacramento to
| appoint committee to act in conjunction
with like committee from the Mechanics
Institute and Boards of Trade above
named, We readily complied, and the
joint committee met in San Francisco
March 10, 1856, and adopted the following
resolution:
Res0tred, That it is the sense of the Joint com
| mittee assembled, for the consideration of thf
time for holding the Mechanics and State Fairs
that the time of opening be fixed by each at .
date that will not conflict with each other anC
we recommend to the Directors of both associa
tions, who may have that duty to perform, thai
the Mechanics Institute Fair be opened on this
first Tuesday in August, and close on the fiftI
Saturday following, and that the State Fair viii
open one week from the following Monday
The committee from this Board reported
that it was not possible for them to come
to any arrangement for 1856, as the Me.
chanics' Institute building had been leased
by the G. A. r. for the holding of the en-.
campment exercises in August, but that il
| a x..I It,
years following.
The report was accepted and the resolu.
ton adopted by this Board, so that we now
hope to be able to accommodate all who
may desire to exhibit at both fairs.
IN THE FACE OF THIS UNDERSTANDINGS;
The Institute managers have for 1887 SC
placed their dates that it is simply impos,
sible to avoid collision. The one thing to
do is for the Institute to close their fair 81
early as to give exhibitors full opportunity
to come to the State Fair, which is per force
a Seasonabie fair, and cannot be dated so
much earlier than it now is as to precede
the Institute Fair. The State Board of Az
riculture, acting in 1886 in good faith. set
! their exhibition in accordance with the
contract duly entered into. The result is
that the State Fair is set for one week later
than usual for the purpose of Cancellation.
| ana OF giving away TO the demand made
by the Mechanics Fair people By this ac-
ton many OF the District Fairs have been
compelled 10 set their dates in advance OF
those of the State Fair, whereas heretofore
they have come after it. Let the people
ponder upon these facts and ask them
selves whether it is manly or right for the
Institute managers to do as they have done
in fixing the Mechanics Fair of 1887 so as
to cover the District and State Fairs? Lei
them ask themselves, in this controversy,
whether such action is conducive to the
best development of the State? Let it be
hoped that the proposition of the 4ltq Will
be adopted, and this damaging contro.
versary brought to an end.
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